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NLB. HEADLAND. SANITARY GUSPIDOR.

APPmoATIoN Hmm mn. 21. 1903L NO MODEL IFTEDA STATES Patented september; s, 190e; l,

PATENT Enron. v i

MICHAEL HEADLAND, OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY` oUsPlDoR.

SFEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters I atent 1\T o. 738,680, dated September 8, 190B.

Application i'lled March 2 l, 19 0 3 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL E. HEADLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Imi2 is a verticallongitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a plan view` of the same with the cover removed. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4, Fig. 3.

- The numeral 1 designates a casing or receptacle which is open at` the top and bottom. A shutter 2 isiitted in the receptacle 1 and is pivoted intermediate its ends on a horizontal.

axle 3, extending transversely the receptacle 1. A pin 4'is seated in the edge of the shutter 2, adjacent to the upper end thereof, and extends through a circular slot 5, traversing one side 6? of the receptacle 1.

A daring hopper-shaped top 6 is mounted on the receptacle 1 and is closed by a cover 7, having a conical basin 8 formed therein, which has an aperture 9 in the bottom, which communicates 4with the receptacle 1. The top 6 projects beyond the slotted side 6a of the receptacle 1 and has a slot 1 0`tl1erein, which` communicates with a box 11, secured to the side 6 of the receptacle. The pin-4 extends into the box 11 and is straddled by a fork 12,`

carried by a slide 13,'mounted in a guideslot 14, formed in the cover 7. Ledges 15 are cut in the sides of the slot, to form guides for flanges 16, formed on the fork 12 and held in contact With the ledges 15 by a spring 17. In order to operate the slide] 3, an arm 18 is provided, whieli is serrated to adapt it to be 'engaged by the toe of a shoe.

Then in use, my cuspidor is seated. in an aperture in the floor of a passen ger-coach and thel slide 13 set in one of its extreme positions Serial No. 148,967. (No model.)

at one end of the slot 14, with the shutter 2 extending diagonally the receptacle and touching'the four sides. After using the cuspidor the arm 18 is engaged with the toe and shifted to its other extreme position, thereby operating the shutter 2 to dump the contents of the receptacle between the tracks.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a cuspidor, the combination of a receptacle open at the bottom but closed at the top by a cover provided With a basin communicatin g with said receptacle, a plane shutter mounted in said receptacle and centrally pivoted intermediate its ends, said shutter normally extending diagonally said receptacle and being downwardly inclined, and means for operating said shutter to'dump the contents of said receptacle, substantially as described.

2. In a cuspidor, the combination of a receptacle open at the bottom, a cover for said receptacle provided with a basin communicating with said receptacle, a centrally-pivoted shutter mounted in said receptacle to serve as a false bottom therefor, said shutter extending downwardly and diagonally said receptacle and engaging the opposite walls thereof which serve to limit the movement of said shutter, a slide mounted in a guide-slot in said cover, and means connecting said slide and said shutter to enable them to be operated in unison, substantially as described.

3. Ina cuspidor, 4the combination of a receptacle open at the bottom, a cover for said receptacle provided with a basincommunicating therewith, `a pivoted shutter mounted inreceptacle to serve as a false bottom, a pin carried by said shutter and extending through a slot in the side of said receptacle, a cover ICO for said receptacle provided with a. basin com munieating with said receptacle, a -slide mounted in a. guide-slot in said cover, a. fork carried by said slide and straddling saidv pin and an arm carried by said slide and located to be engaged by the toe to operate said shutter, substantially as described.

Intestirnony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses. MICHAEL E. HEADLAND.

Witnesses:

ALEX MITCHELL, CHAs. M. MITCHELL.A 

